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The Chief Executive Officer of OTP Bank Albania, Mr. Bledar Shella, described this investment as a reflection of the bank’s vision to build long-term and sustainable relationships with its clients.

OTP Bank Albania inaugurates new Private Banking premises in Tirana

Tirana Times, May 18, 2026 – OTP Bank Albania has inaugurated new premises dedicated to the Private Banking segment, unveiling an exclusive space designed for clients seeking personalized service and advanced financial

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Prof. Dr. Alaa Garad is President and Founding Partner of the Stirling Centre for Strategic Learning and Innovation, University of Stirling Innovation Park, Scotland. He is actively engaged in health tourism, higher education and organisational learning across the Western Balkans, including the Global Health Tourism Leadership Programme in Albania.

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Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

by Professor Alaa Garad Tirana Times, March 17, 2026 – There are countries you visit, and there are countries you remember. Albania is rapidly becoming the latter. I began writing this article

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Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

Tirana Times, February 12 2026 – The rapid deterioration of newly inaugurated roads and tunnels across Albania has exposed far more than technical shortcomings. What authorities have sought to explain as weather-related

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BoA Working On New Economic Growth Strategy

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Tirana Times TIRANA, September 13 – Central bank governor Ardian Fullani says Albania needs to adopt a new economic growth model considering the shortcomings of the current model, based on credit expansion

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Albania climbs 8 places in global competitiveness report, ranks 88th

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TIRANA, September 10 – Albania climbed eight places to 88th in this year’s global competitiveness report issued by the World Economic Forum in Beijing last week. The report covering 139 countries sandwiched

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Inflation rate rises to 3.5%

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TIRANA, September 13 – Albania’s Consumer price index accelerated for a second straight month in August, the Institute of Statistics said last weekend. The annual inflation edged up to 3.5 percent in

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New cement plant starts operating

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TIRANA, September 13 – A new cement plant, worth 200 million euros, an investment of the ANTEA Cement, part of the Greece-based TITAN Cement, was inaugurated on Monday in the Boke e

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Mobile operators’ request for four 3G licences turned down

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TIRANA, September 13 – Government has turned down requests by the country’s four mobile operators to grant four 3G licenses instead of one. In a statement issued last weekend, the Innovation and

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FDI, Remittances continue dropping

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TIRANA, September 14 – Foreign direct investment (FDI) and remittances, two of the country’s main sources of economic growth, continued dropping even in the second quarter of this year. Foreign direct investment

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New changes made to competition law

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TIRANA, September 14 – The parliamentary Economy and Finance committee approved on Monday some changes to the competition protection law lowering the annual turnover of companies which the Competition Authority can audit.

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Empire Mining to mine Albanian chrome area

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TIRANA, September 10 – Canada’s Empire Mining will start mining next year what appear to be viable reserves of rich chrome ore at the Bulqiza mine northeast of Albania’s capital Tirana, its

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Gov’t set for drastic tax hike to fight smoking

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Government officials say the ultimate target is to get the price of cigarettes up to the EU level. Tobacco companies say a sharp tax increase will lead to smuggling, tax evasion. TIRANA

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First Albanian Day held in Energy Community

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TIRANA, September 13 – The Albania government will invest more than 400 million euros in the electricity distribution, transmission and generation, Economy and Energy Minister Dritan Prifti has said. The comments were

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Business loans still too expensive, experts say

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Increase in bad loans, tighter rules and lowered demand are making it harder for businesses to borrow from Albanian commercial banks, say experts at Bank of Albania TIRANA, Sept. 15 – Although

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Business & Economy - Page 465

OTP Bank Albania inaugurates new Private Banking premises in Tirana

Building a Trusted Health Tourism Ecosystem: Albania’s Next Competitive Advantage

Behind Albania’s Collapsing Roads: Clientelism and Corruption

BoA Working On New Economic Growth Strategy

Albania climbs 8 places in global competitiveness report, ranks 88th

Inflation rate rises to 3.5%

New cement plant starts operating

Mobile operators’ request for four 3G licences turned down

FDI, Remittances continue dropping

New changes made to competition law

Empire Mining to mine Albanian chrome area

Gov’t set for drastic tax hike to fight smoking

First Albanian Day held in Energy Community

Business loans still too expensive, experts say

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